Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-22
MARRIED WHEN FOURTEEN.
story Of Mrs. Emm0ns' Early Life I'm
Maine Told by q Cousin.

3sAesA@C OOsADAAs
An Augusta, Me-, dispatch to the Boston Globe,
dated January H. says: There resides In this city,
In a small house on 'Sand HILL" SO called, q man
A years OF age and small Of stature. he Is car
penter and is at present employed in the works
of the Maine Central railroad in this city. Ordi-
narily Mr.. Stoves would pass through life without
attracting any particular attention, though he Is
by no means a man of mediocr1ty, but is rather
above the average in human intelligence. Were 1T
not, however, that he Is flrst cousin to Mrs. En-
mons, whose spicy sensation is just now attracting
universal attention, he might 60 on In the even
tenor Of his way hewing timbers and finishing cars
without SO much as thought from the outside
world.
spondent that there lived in Augusta a relative to
the famous wife OF Prof EmmOnS, and Mr.. stoves
was discovered and induced to ten what he knew
following interesting manner:
Mr.. STRIVES STORY.
"Afs Emmons IS my own cousin, her mother
and my father being brother and sister, Some
twenty-stx years ago both our families lived near
by In the town OF Moncton, n. B.. just at the head
OF the Bay OF Fundy. Weltha as we all called her,
was but a child then, but she was always bright,
interesting girl. Everybody liked her and she be-
came great favorite. When she was about seven
years OF age her father moved on to farm which
! sold him n Bridgewater, Arostook county: My
wick at that time, and for several years afterward
Weltha used TO come to our house every two or
into woman rapidly and was quite large for her
age:
the Sha1n homestead, and the old people OF both
families conceived the the idea of marrying Wei
tina to one Of the Tilley boys, as they considered
such union for the best interest Of all concerned
1t was veritable matchmaking arrangement,
and though Weltha objected, she was compelled
to marry young Tilley when she was only fourteen
ft,n ,nrrSo han t{Ny0u
myself among the number, began to complain
about the marriage because RILEY was gOod-for-
nothing sort Of FELLOW wholly incapa6le OF max
Ing his wife. Weltha disliked him before mar
mage, and afterwards she fairly despised him.
than two weeks after the wedding she left him
and went to New York. There she became ac-
quainted with Mr. Munson to whom she told the
should get divorce from him when she would
pc at liberty to marry again. When she came
home for the purpose Of obtaining the divorce she
learned That T1lley, In her absence, had
MARRIED. ANOTHER WOMAN
and had gone into the woods where he was en-
gagged In clearing up farm. Tnley and his second
wife were living there in a small shanty. Weltha
procured horses and, accompanied by q sheriff
and two or three witnesses rode on horseback
many miles into the woods until she reached
papers agreeing not to oppose her suit for divorce
She then returned home and shortly after OBJ
ta1ned her bill OF divorce.
"MunSOn came on from New York and they were
married After staying some time at her fathers,
tne couple visited me at my home in Chelsea,
across the river from Hallowell. That was in
1872, think. was then employed at the insane
hospital In this city, In charge OF the carpenter
work there, and lived in Chelsea Just below the
hospital They stayed with nae two or three
weeks me very next year she visited me alone
anu stayed about month. MunSOn came to
POrtland TO meet her and she went there met him.
and they began travelling again.
MADE LOVE TO HER.
'Durfng that visit, she told me one day in a tok-
Ing way. that she had met Prof Emmons In
HOulton, and that he had made love to her. Since
her visit In 1873 have not seen her. though
have often had letters from her. She is no more
insane than you are, and there never has been a
particle OF insanity in any of our families on
either side Her people, like my own, were
honest, industrious, ard-work1ng folks, but they
are an respectable, and not a mean act can be
lald 70 tnelr doors. Weltha was the best looking
W., woman ever saw: She was always bright, act
I've girl, fond of Joking and continually play
Ing games upon me just for the fun OF 1t. II her
name had not been connected with that game
she played on that DR.. Kempster 1 should have
SAID at once that that she the author OF it. It
was just like her. She appears just like her old
sell IN that story You may be certain that she is
not Dy any means Insane and knows just as well
what she Is doing and has done as any person
could know"